/**
* Copies all properties from source object to target object. When a Set object is encountered,
* though, a new instance of the type {@link HashSet} is created and the content from the target
* object is moved to that one before being set into target.
*
* @param source
* @param target
*/
public static void copyValuesAndSetsFromBeanToBean(Object source, Object target) {
BeanMap sourceMap = new BeanMap(source);
BeanMap targetMap = new BeanMap(target);
new BeanMap(target).putAllWriteable(new BeanMap(source));
for (Object key : targetMap.keySet()) {
Object value = sourceMap.get(key);
if (targetMap.getWriteMethod((String) key) != null) {
if (value instanceof Set) {
Set newSet = new HashSet();
Set oldSet = (Set) value;
newSet.addAll(oldSet);
value = newSet;
}
targetMap.put(key, value);
}
}
}
